Enzo Maresca hopes that Chelsea's exciting comeback in Wednesday evening's conference League can be the start of something special, because the blues became the first club ever to win every competition in Europe.
It seemed that they thrown away their chance of history when they stayed 1-0 in Wroclaw, Poland, but Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Nicolas Jackson, set up with two sublime crosses to turn this final. Late goals from Jadon Sancho and Moises Caicedo completed the 4-1 routine on the side of Manuel Pellegrini.
This came four days after Chelsea won 1-0 in Nottingham Forest to confirm their return to the Champions League, and Maresca said: 'The message after Nottingham was:' Boys if we want to be an important team, then what we have done is and we have to win the final. '
“But it's happiness, the fatigue, because we had 48 hours less than they do. They played for nothing on Friday, we played for a big target on Sunday. We played much better in the second half. I am very happy. '
Chelsea captain Reece James came up during the break after he had surprisingly fallen on the couch by Maresca, who said: 'I promise you, I would always start with Reece. But I try to protect him. He is a top player for us. It is just like Cole, the problem is that we have to manage it. When we changed him, he said to me, “Boss, don't worry, we're going to win the game”. '
James added: 'It's a great feeling. As the match progressed, we grew in it and luckily we scored four goals in the second half. And next season we will go back to the Champions League.
'Of course it is devastating to know that you are not starting in a final. I want to play every game, but it was the manager's decision. As soon as he had made the decision, I had to continue and accept it and be ready when I was needed. '
One of the clubs in Levi Colwill said: 'To be the first club to win everything, you can see the fans celebrating and it shows how much it means. We knew they would be a good team, especially in the beginning with their fans, but we knew it would die. '
Palmer said: 'I tried to find the space when the game started. To be the only team in history (to win full set in Europe), it is a great achievement. '
Betis boss Pellegrini said: 'What hurts us the most is not being able to give this title to the fans. We have qualified for Europe for next season. We will try to build our team to be competitive. Injury has really caused us problems, with a few that could not play. We must be proud of the kind of final that we have played. We reached the final with this team. We will try to make an even better team for next year. '